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Epilepsy in the First 10 Years of Life:Findings of the Child Health & Education Study BMJ 305:857-861, Verity,C.M.,et al, 1992 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract 84 children(42 boys,42 girls)had had one or more afebrile seizure (incidence 5.7/1000).63 children(31 boys,32 girls)had epilepsy(incidence 4.3/1000).49 of 55 children had a second seizure within a year of the first.The commonest seizure types were tonic-clonic(42)and complex partial (25).A greater proportion of children with complex partial seizures had recurrences.Children who had infantile spasms or a mixed seizure disorder had a poor outcome.All six children who died had symptomatic seizures in the first year,but seizures were not the direct cause of death.The results of this study are probably representative of seizure patterns in the general population.Ourcome after seizures is determined more by the underlying disease than by the seizures themselves.

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